Fragment of account of provisions
A fragment of an account of provisions, drawn up by a store-keeper and written in columns.
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Account of provisions issued from a store, including items from Kanopos TM 1314Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)Before April, 256 B.C.
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Fragment of a storekeeper's account of provisions, apparently dates or palm products, some brought from Kanopos, recording quantities issued on successive days in the presence of named persons such as Hierokles, Kriton and Dorion. It belongs to the Zenon archive from Philadelphia in the Fayum, before April 256 BC.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
[…] dates (?), remaining 250
of these
[…] to you, when from Kanopos, on the 24th […]
[…] to those with Philinos, 50
[…] in the presence of Apollodotos, 35
[…] to […]ntios, so that …
[… ? lines lost …]
[column 2]
and korsea (palm hearts?) from the account, 4
and others, those from Kanopos, 40
total 44
of these
on the 26th, to you, in the presence of Hierokles, 6
on the 27th, when Kriton (was present), 6
[deleted]
on the 28th, in the presence of Dorion, 5, total 17
for itria (sesame cakes), 4, total 21; remaining 23
The word phoinikes may mean dates or palm products; korsea is a rare term, perhaps palm hearts or a kind of vegetable. Itria were thin cakes made with sesame.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of account of provisions). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.zen.4.59686
[1] […]φοίνικες λοιποὶ σν τούτων […]ὑμῖν ὅτε ἐκ Κανώπου κδ […]τοῖς μετὰ Φιλίνου ν […]παρόντος Ἀπολλοδότου λε […]ντιωι ὥστε … [… ? lines lost …] [2] καὶ κόρσεα ἐκ λόγου δ καὶ ἄλλα τὰ ἐκ Κανώπου μ γίνονται μδ τούτων κϛ ὑμῖν παρόντος Ἱεροκλέους ϛ κζ ὅτε Κρίτων ϛ κη παρόντος Δωρίωνος…